Cuba: Farewell, Dear Hearts

"I feel that I have accomplished the part of my
duty that bound me to the Cuban revolution. I bid farewell to you to
our comrades, to your people who are now mine. I make formal
renunciation of my duties in the leadership of the party, of my post as
minister, of my rank as major, of my Cuban citizenship. Other lands of
the world claim the aid of my modest efforts, and the time has come for
us to separate."

The letter bore no dateonly "Havana, Year of Agriculture."* It was
signed...